📍 1514 S 9th Ave, Maywood, Cook County, 60153
Garfield Elem School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Maywood, Cook County. The school has 435 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Marsha Alexander. It is part of the Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Garfield Elem School enrolls 435 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 258 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 28% |
| Two or more races | 51 | 12% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
181 of the school's 435 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Garfield Elem School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district IL-70, state senate district 4, state house district 7.
Garfield Elem School is one of 9 schools in Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89, based in Melrose Park, Illinois. The district serves 4,081 students district-wide and employs 324 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 435 students, Garfield Elem School is close to the district average of about 453 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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